Elisha Smith

1705 - 1784  (79 years)

• Name	Elisha Smith  [1, 2]
  Birth	10 Jul 1705	Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Nov 1784	Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	East Whately Cemetery, Franklin County, Massachusetts   [2]
  Notes	Mr. Smith was known as "Goodman Smith" and seldom spoken of by any other name. He came to the Straits with other families about 1731 or '32 and built on the west side of the Deerfield Road. The house stood very near where the house of his great-grandson, Israel S. Smith, now is. The old house was very large and used for many years as a hotel with a store near by which was used for general merchandising. History of Whately, Massachusetts. Mrs. Jennie Smith Prouty.DAR ID Number: 17916 Born in Meriden, Connecticut.Wife of Willis J. Prouty. Descendant of Elisha Smith and of Philip Smith, of Massachusetts. Daughter of Henry G. Smith and Ann Marilla Whitney, his wife. Granddaughter of Alanson Smith and Abigail Wright, his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of Asa Smith and Judith Graves, his wife. Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Philip Smith and Elizabeth Graves, his wife. Gr.-gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Elisha Smith and Sarah Fields, his wife. Elisha Smith, (1705-84), turned out with the minute men from Whately at the Lexington Alarm. [p.335] Philip Smith, (1730-1806), served as a private in Capt. Salmon White's company, 1777. He was born and died in Whately, Mass. Also No. 16053. Notes for SARAH SMITH: For her parentage and her date of birth we are indebted to Daniel W. Wells of Hatfield. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcstayfamily/kellogg.htm Per his FindAGrave memorial page: His tombstone shows he died 30 Oct 1789. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 records Elisha Smith's death as 7 Nov 1784 at age 80. This tombstone stands next to his wife Sarah's tombstone. Elisha was the son of Jonathan Smith and his wife Abigail Kellogg. He married Sarah Smith, daughter of Rev. Joseph Smith and his wife Canada Waite in 1727.
  Person ID	I20617	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Smith,   b. Abt 1663, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. Abt 1737, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 74 years)
  Mother	Abigail Kellogg,   b. 9 Oct 1671, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. Aft 1742, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	14 Nov 1688	Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts   [1, 3, 4]
  	Family information primarily based on the Pane-Joyce report online at: http://babbage.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/ The main report, the Pane-Joyce report, was updated Jul 2004. It was first created Jun 2003 by incorporating earlier reports on the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Watertown, Roxbury, Reading & Lynn, Eastham, and Scituate in Massachusetts, as well as Maine, Connecticut, the Hudson Valley, Ohio, and Portsmouth, RI. He cites both: L. M. Boltwood, Genealogies of Hadley Families, Metcalf & Co., Northampton, 1862. Abram W. Foote, Foote Family comprising the genealogy and history of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, Conn. and his descendants, Tuttle, Rutland, VT, 1907
  Family ID	F7362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Smith,   b. 14 Oct 1707, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. 17 Aug 1795, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1728  [2]
  Children	1. Benjamin Smith,   b. 3 Nov 1728, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   2. Philip Smith,   b. 22 Jul 1730, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. 30 Aug 1806, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts (Age 76 years)   3. Abigail Smith,   b. 2 Jul 1732, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   4. Paul Smith,   b. 21 Jun 1734, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   5. Silas Smith,   b. 15 Aug 1736, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   6. Sarah Smith,   b. 6 Aug 1738, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   7. Elisha Smith, Jr.,   b. 13 Aug 1740, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   8. Jonathan Smith,   b. 18 Aug 1742, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   9. Eleanor Smith,   b. 14 Aug 1744, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   10. Mary Smith,   b. 14 Jul 1746, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   11. Gad Smith,   b. 23 Jan 1748, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   12. Esther Smith,   b. 8 Dec 1751, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7355	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 Jul 1705 - Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Death - Nov 1784 - Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts Burial - - East Whately Cemetery, Franklin County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S293] Albury, James (james_albury@hotmail.com) "Ancestors of James Henry Albury, Jr.."; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:603723 ; Ver. Sat Aug 25 14:41:40 2001. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Memorial ID 27107044 (Reliability: 3). [S264] Pane-Joyce Genealogy ; http://babbage.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Memorial ID 6651046 (Reliability: 3).